Ready for War Quests on Battle for Azeroth Alpha 26231

New quest chapters have been added to the Battle for Azeroth alpha. These Ready for War quests take you into enemy territory to give you a taste of the other faction's storyline. Story spoilers in post.

In Battle for Azeroth build 26231, some Alliance quests were open, primarily in Nazmir, for the achievement. We learned at the recent Battle for Azeroth Q&A that this campaign was tied to the BFA champions and currency .

Nazmir

In this questline, we attempt an alliance with the Blood Trolls, who worship the dangerous god G'huun. We accompany Brann and his pet monkey to an Alliance base in Nazmir. Here we'll also find "Silvermoon" Harry who has an unhealthy obsession with blood elves. In fact, he reveals he was tricked into the mission as he thought he'd be helping blood elves, not blood trolls.

We learn quickly enough that this plan has gone south, as Brann finds Alliance soldiers sacrificed to G'huun. We then try to rescue Captain Conrad, who seems pretty happy among the Blood Trolls at first...and then tries to sacrifice us.

This place gives me the willies...I like it! Anywhere yer hackles raise, there's an opportunity for adventure an' the prospect o' knowledge.We sent Captain Conrad ahead to build a fort. They say the blood trolls here might even be willin' ta trade, but I cannae imagine that'd come at a price worth payin'.Still, this here's a land that works 'gainst the Zandalari and their Horde associates. The enemy of yer enemy is yer... wait, what's that sayin'?No matter. Look. Listen. Keep those sharp eyes peeled. Unforgivin' lands aren't known ta forgive the unwary, $n.And... eugh... keep yer nostrils pinched. What's that foul-as-death rottin' stench?Looks like our welcome party is here. Harry's an interestin' one. Don't pay him no mind.Welcome! Welcome!We've been expecting you, our esteemed advisors and future fast friends.Captain Conrad left me with instructions.

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Cannae be sure o' the wisdom o' this Captain Conrad. Sendin' our own on these blood troll bats with offerin's? Somethin' about this stinks more'n an armpit after a bar fight.

Where's the Captain?Ah! Ah ha! Right to the point, yes, yes. Not to worry! All is in order. Let's retire to safer environs behind our fort's walls, yes?Alright, no sign o' the Captain then. What's goin' on?Nothing untoward, I assure you! Our glorious Captain is off negotiating trade agreements with the local trolls.Heard they were savages wot practice bloody sacrifices.Oh heavens! Well, indeed, yes. I suppose that is accurate, mmm. But Captain Conrad is a glory to behold. Impressive, no doubt.

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Spooky chantin' in the next room can only mean one thing: someone's askin' for the ol' what-fer! I'd give ya a hand but I gotta drink a couple-a potions before I'm back on me feet. Take out that blood witch and I bet the magic'll dissipate.

This is a shameful situation. Unforgivable! The soldiers weren't carryin' offerrin's to the blood trolls, they WERE the offerin'! It'd be right difficult to bury 'em proper in this hole. Best we can do is get their dog tags. Poor lads an' lassies.

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We're surrounded by the enemy, <name>, and it's got me blood ragin'! I'm fit as a fi... instrument... and ready to help get us outta this forsaken cavern. Let's show 'em the end o' their miserable lives, eh?

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Let's get outta this hole! Hairs on the back o' me neck won't settle down. Was hopin' I'd find some artifacts, or treasures, or haggis, or at least a few worthwhile trinkets down here. Those bats look like the ones that we came on... hopefully they'll take us back to Fort Victory and not some rotten grotto with no valuables inside.

Trade agreements with trolls! We even have bats prepared to send another trade offering to Zala'mar.Blast that! They won't get another red copper from us before me an' $n go see what's what.What's this all about, Harry?! Those offerin's you were sendin'... The soldiers were sacrificed! Blood drained from their bodies like a mug o' ale at Brewfest.<Harry's blood drains from his face.>My... oh my goodness. Surely the esteemed Captain Conrad had no knowledge of these macabre circumstances.Knowledge or no, it's time to get to the bottom o' this. Where'd this Captain head off to?Zul'Nazman, I believe. Or Tul'vor? In fact I believe they are one in the same. Or nearly so.

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Not sure if I like this Harry fella. He's growin' on me, though. Got some wild ideas about the blood elves, but he's not all bad. What were we talkin' about? Ah, right. Captain Conrad. He said the Captain went to Zul'Nazman ta commune with the blood trolls there. Seems... less than well planned. Let's go see what there is to see, shall we?

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The rumors o' the blood trolls from back in Boralus don't line up with the letters from Captain Conrad. Open to trade? Willin' to work with us against the Horde? Ready to teach us their magic? Hogwash. Only time worth spendin' with these evil trolls is time killin' 'em.

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Been watchin' these cultists with both good eyes. Those big glowin' jars o' theirs look important. Opened one up and it sent a shiver down me spine, but nothin' seemed worth the takin'. If it ain't worth stealin', I guess it's worth smashin'.

Looks like there's couple o' guards posted by this hut. If I had ta guess, Captain Conrad'll be in there. Somethin' still feels off about this place, though. Why don't ya go on ahead and I'll hang here in case things go south fast? I got yer back, <name>.

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When I arrived here in disguise, the blood trolls thought me some sort of messenger of their Blood God. I seized the advantage and played into their primitive beliefs. I came here intending to open trade and learn how we can work with them against the Horde. What I discovered was altogether more compelling. I will show you.

I have established more trust with the blood trolls--these Nazmani--than I anticipated.They can be powerful tools against the Zandalari trolls and their Horde allies.There is much to understand about them yet. This blood magic...it is more potent than you could possibly imagine.The methods of the Nazmani were...offputting at first. But I know them now. They are a simple people with simple desires.The desire for power. The yearning for the greater truth. The will of blood.Here, let me show you what I have learned.We will continue our ... what are you looking at me like that for? DO YOU NOT APPROVE?This is nothing personal, you understand. But, you cannot be allowed to interrupt the progress I have made. The things I have learned...what I have yet to discover.

You then escape and return to the fort:

Captain Conrad... is well, I trust?WELL?! That lassie was madder than a murloc on moon mead. Tried to sacrifice our lovely $c here to some blood god called G'huun.Oh dear. That is much worse than I feared. My deepest apologies for putting you in such a risky situation, sir Bronzebeard.Eh, not the worst I've seen. Still a sad story, though. We'll need to dispatch a messenger to let the High Commander know what transpired.

Zuldazar

In this questline, the Dark Iron Dwarves land on the shores of Zuldazar, fight over a powerful archaeological relic, and go on a satisfying quest to obliterate hundreds of goblins with a fiery construct, reminiscent of . This questline seems a bit incomplete.

The questline also parallels the Nightborne camp in Zuldazar - both sides are racing to unearth some relics and clash with each other.

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The rumors o' yer capabilities seemed overblown, but it appears yer indeed a competent one, aren't ye? I underestimated ye, <name>. For that, I apologize. Don't tell Thaelin. The components for the ritual are now prepared. All ye need to do is add the Firelands Slag to the Unstable Magma an' a great bein' from the Firelands will heed our call. You'll gain control o' it and can eliminate the nearby goblin threat with nigh invincibility.

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Our allies in the Explorer's League have alerted us to an exciting find. They have set up camp in the Xibala region of Zuldazar. Make your way to the camp and help them uncover anything that may advance our cause.

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Oi. Since yer hands are already dirty, what do ye say we make a deal? To give it to ye straight, there's a relic here called the Breath of Xibala. I don't know who Xibala is or why the Alliance wants its breath, but there's a hefty sum of gold in it fer me if we deliver. That means there's somethin' in it for you, too, if ye get my meanin'. I started a survey with me equipment but haven't got me results yet. Go on out into the ruins an' give the boxes you see a little kick to hurry things along.

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I want to take m'boys out and really dig our picks in, but every scout I've sent into the ruins just came back half mauled to death. Some didn't come back at all. From what I can tell, the ruins are home to more'n just these spiky grass-eaters. Do you think you could be a peach an' thin their numbers a bit? I'd caution ye against tamperin' with the local ecology an' all, but in the interest of not gettin' eaten I think I'll let ye make the call.

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Suppose I owe the lass her bones if I'm t'be monopolizin' yer time. And I will be. Go on out into the ruins an' use this here stone to call one of my rumbly elemental friends. They'll blast away any dirt 'tween you an' the fossils. We could go about this the ol' fashion way, but do you really want to spend all day digging? Course ye don't. Acadia will see that a little efficiency gets everyone what they want.

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Ye know, <name>. I don't think these elves are with the Alliance. Leastwise, they're a lot more aggressive than this ol' Dark Iron is comfortable with. On the offchance it'll piss off the Horde, ye mind killin' a few of them?

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I'm not opposed to honest competition, <name>. But teleportin' it right out from under our noses leaves me feelin' dirty. Go teach that thievin' elf what it means t'steal from the Alliance. If they're fightin' dirty, then so will we.

Commenti

Commento di Gotnov

Commento di SilverDragon234

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Commento di DolanJTrump

on 2018-03-22T00:14:48-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Commento di SilverDragon234

on 2018-03-22T00:21:09-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Bah! Liadrin showed the nightborne no sympathy whatosever, and the void elves belong to the Horde! You know that for a fact!

Commento di Agentkillerlee

on 2018-03-22T00:28:46-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Bah! Liadrin showed the nightborne no sympathy whatosever, and the void elves belong to the Horde! You know that for a fact!

You mean Tyrande

Commento di Cyberium

on 2018-03-22T01:31:48-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Bah! Liadrin showed the nightborne no sympathy whatosever, and the void elves belong to the Horde! You know that for a fact!

Liadrin was actually on good term with them. In one of her conversation with First Arcanist Thalyssra they spoke about how they overcome addiction to magic together, and in another Thalyssra spoke about how Tyrande could not let go of her old grudge against the Nightborne (NE nobles at the time).

Commento di Illthak

on 2018-03-22T01:49:08-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

Commento di Eillas

on 2018-03-22T02:21:36-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

Commento di SilverDragon234

on 2018-03-22T02:29:59-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

There is no 'moron' in the word book. I think 'brave' is a much better word for you.

Commento di Omacron

on 2018-03-22T02:30:32-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

Well they were dumb enough to let werewolves into the Alliance to begin with

Commento di TradeprinceKhan

on 2018-03-22T04:48:17-05:00

So, if the Dark Iron are already helping the Alliance out with so many guys....it could mean that at this point, they are already part of the Alliance, right? If that is so, maybe we get Mag´har and Dark Iron in the prepatch? Just speculation of course.

Commento di Nanomachines

on 2018-03-22T05:41:42-05:00

The Dark Irons who help us now are not the same who are going to be the Allied race. It's Moiras Dark Irons who already helped us out in WoD

Commento di Iceman3317

on 2018-03-22T05:43:40-05:00

So, if the Dark Iron are already helping the Alliance out with so many guys....it could mean that at this point, they are already part of the Alliance, right? If that is so, maybe we get Mag´har and Dark Iron in the prepatch? Just speculation of course.

The Dark Irons have been part of the Alliance since Cata, a small group has been with us since MoP such as Thaelin. All we do is bring the ones we continue to fight, especially those from Cata. So we can't really go by that.

It has also been said that once BFA comes out, we will be able to start working toward gaining their favor. So we will probably still have to wait.

However, it is likely Dark Irons and Mag'har will be before Kul'tirans and Zandalari. I don't think Dark Irons and Mag'har will be alone either. I think there will be another pair of races that we will get before Kul'tirans and Zanadalari.

Also, just because the Alliance is trying to ally with the Blood Trolls, doesn't mean they are morons for doing so. We can't say anything about race names because we have Blood Elves and they aren't evil worshiping beings. That is why the Blood Elves are mentioned.

The Alliance has no knowledge of the Blood Trolls and that that are evil. We have the word of a captain who went crazy who made it seem like they were great allies. I mean hell, the Alliance also teamed of with the Arakkoa in Warcraft 2.

Commento di Nanomachines

on 2018-03-22T05:52:55-05:00

I mean hell, the Alliance also teamed of with the Arakkoa in Warcraft 2.

Not all Arrakoa are inherently evil also i think it was only one arrakoa who got tortured by the orcs and was mad

Commento di Draccy

on 2018-03-22T08:04:11-05:00

Lo sterminio degli Gnomi was a fun quest, so I wouldn't mind going through that again."Silvermoon" Harry? Wonder how close he's gotten to Eversong.

Commento di 7thAngel

on 2018-03-22T08:16:10-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Bah! Liadrin showed the nightborne no sympathy whatosever, and the void elves belong to the Horde! You know that for a fact!

You mean Tyrande

Actualy Tyrande wasn't nice, but also she wasn't bad. She just told what happend and what can happen. Liadrin just abused that chance. But Nightborne belongs to Horde. Nightborne's envy, pride & ingratitude (to the Night Elves mainly - their three you feed them by was idea of Night Elf) to the Alliance that helped them too.

Commento di Borotva

on 2018-03-22T09:31:31-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

The horde players keep shouting "alliance is dumb, alliance is full of kids" etc on wowhead, on social media, on forums, everywhere... I've never seen the same from any alliance players... so started thinking about which would be the kid faction instead...

Commento di TheNameless84

on 2018-03-22T10:49:27-05:00

where does this quest-chain start? it would be nice if you could mention this, so that alpha-testers like me can test this quests, too - i cant find it anywhere

Commento di Nyarloth

on 2018-03-22T11:04:33-05:00

Really Blizzard? Writing the Alliance as dumb enough to try and ally with Blood Tribes?@#$ing really? Christ. Just pin "Moron" to every Alliance character's head already. We get it, they're the stupid and incompetent faction. What next? The Horde vandalizes Ironforge?

The horde players keep shouting "alliance is dumb, alliance is full of kids" etc on wowhead, on social media, on forums, everywhere... I've never seen the same from any alliance players... so started thinking about which would be the kid faction instead...

They're an alliance player, look at their profile. You really think a horde player would care this much about what happens on the alliance side? How ironic, you try to use this comment to make the horde look bad when they're actually a whiny alliance player.

Commento di Random771452

on 2018-03-22T12:17:57-05:00

When will the Alliance realize that killing nightborne isn't a good choice? Here, horde: have the void elves.

Seems nightborne were the aggressors.

Bah! Liadrin showed the nightborne no sympathy whatosever, and the void elves belong to the Horde! You know that for a fact!

You mean Tyrande

Actualy Tyrande wasn't nice, but also she wasn't bad. She just told what happend and what can happen. Liadrin just abused that chance. But Nightborne belongs to Horde. Nightborne's envy, pride & ingratitude (to the Night Elves mainly - their three you feed them by was idea of Night Elf) to the Alliance that helped them too.Tyrande was austere because she clearly cared about the Nightborne and wanted them to break away from their old vices. Liadrin simply indulged them like the addict enabler she is. The Horde never wants to take responsibility for their actions, Thalyssra fits right in.